cam a22 4 4500 279868057 CHVBK 20201022184529.0 130818s2013 enk m 00 eng| 978-0-415-69430-8 (hardback) : GBP 75.00 978-0-203-10830-7 (ebook) (NEBIS)007594271 (IDSSG)000662791 (IDSLU)001039758 (RERO)R008008548 ea DLC SzZuIDS NEBIS UNI-RWI KNQ502.4 .B46 2012 s1et rero 323.0951 23 CH001EA69DE387FBDE0E9C1257E190041D3BC iCapture Benney Jonathan Defending rights in contemporary China Jonathan Benney London Routledge 2013 197 S. Ill. 24 cm Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series 12 12 (NEBIS)004275461 269566546 Diss. Univ. of Melbourne, 2010 Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index. Introduction -- The development of the term weiquan -- Government rights defence -- Citizen-initiated rights defence -- Legal rights defence -- Conclusion. Why weiquan? "Citizen rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural. The term weiquan, or rights defence, was first coined by the Chinese party-state as part of a process of promotion of various laws, and was thus used by government-affiliated organisations to promote the rights of women, children, and consumers, and to develop citizens' legal awareness. Subsequently, first private citizens, then groups of citizens, then lawyers, appropriated the term as a means of dispute resolution in areas such as private property rights, rights for the handicapped, corruption claims and grievances with officials. Rights defence is important not just because of the political ramifications of its campaigns, but also because of the strategies its activists have used. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneur (or people who have set up businesses linked to rights defence), and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns. In recent years, the idea of rights defence has become used as a tool to attack the party-state, specifically by lawyers and legal campaigners. The growth of rights defence movements reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse to achieve diverse goals. While rights defence may not pose an immediate threat to the authority of the party-state, it is nonetheless an important symbol of a developing social pluralism in China. This book offers essential insight into the development of rights in contemporary China and will be highly relevant for students, scholars and specialists in legal developments in Asia as well as anyone interested in social movements in China"-- Provided by publisher "The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneurs, and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns. Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence, or weiquan, in China. Further, it shows that rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and the changing distribution of power in China. The Chinese government first used rights defence to promote the law and protect the rights of the weak. But the use of rights defence strategies by private citizens, and lawyers also demonstrates changing power structures - in areas as diverse as private property rights, rights for the handicapped, corruption claims and grievances with officials. In this book, Jonathan Benney argues that the idea of rights defence has gone from being a tool of the government to being a tool to attack the party-state, and explores the consequences of this controversial activist movement. 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